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Visit us: www.sacramentotaxresolution.com
Give us a call: (916) 509-3553 We help small businesses and taxpayers get the IRS off their backs through aggressive representation. Our founder, Mike Ornelas, has been in the tax business since he was 8 years old and has worked full-time serving taxpayers since 2002. He is the author of 4 books, including, "Dealing with the IRS." At Sacramento Tax Resolution, we make customer care a top priority and strive for excellence in all that we do. Availability: By appointment only

10/16/2026

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ?

Yes, if you qualify for the IRS's Offer in Compromise (OIC) program, you might be able to settle your tax debt for less than the full amount. But getting approved isn't easy.

In 2025, fewer than 1 in 6 Offers in Compromise were accepted.

To determine if you qualify, we would need to review your...
โ€ข income
โ€ข expenses
โ€ข assets
โ€ข tax debt
โ€ข ability to pay

If these match up, we can help you prepare the required financial documentation and present your case based on the criteria the IRS uses to evaluate offers.

๐——๐—  ๐˜‚๐˜€ if you have tax debt and want to determine your eligibility for an OIC.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€?Yes. If you reach the levy stage, the IRS can order...
10/15/2026

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Yes. If you reach the levy stage, the IRS can order your employer to send a chunk of your paycheck straight to them every pay period.

However, the law requires them to warn you first with a ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜บ. That gives you a 30-day window to take action. This will either be setting up a payment plan or coming to some kind of settlement (if you're eligible).

Don't miss that deadline, or you lose your primary leverage to stop the levy.

If you want help with a path forward, comment ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ below. We'll look at your notice, check your timeline, and help you file an appeal before the deadline hits.

Top financial moves in the last few months of the year...GO
10/14/2026

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๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€?Employment taxes aren't like regular vendor bills. When you run pay...
10/13/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Employment taxes aren't like regular vendor bills. When you run payroll, you're holding federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare in trust for your employees.

Because that money belongs to the government, the IRS moves fast when deposits are late. Penalties add up. Interest piles on. Even worse, business owners can be held personally responsible for unpaid trust fund taxes, putting your personal assets at risk.

Instead of trying to sort through IRS notices alone, let us handle it. We'll pull your official transcripts and pinpoint exactly which quarters were missed. We'll check if you qualify to get penalties waived, then build a clear plan to resolve the debt and protect your business.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ if you want us to review your situation privately and help you figure out the next step in handling your payroll tax problem.

10/12/2026

Did you know...
โ€ข The IRS is navigating โ€œsignificant workforce reductionsโ€
โ€ข Only 21% of calls reached an IRS assistor during the 2026 filing season
โ€ข Taxpayers waited an average of 45 minutes just to reach someone on the Installment Agreement/Balance Due line

Before calling the IRS, see if you can find the answer on your IRS Online Account or the "Where's My Refund" tool.

If you do have to call, make sure you have all of the relevant paperwork right in front of you (๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜™๐˜š ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜š๐˜š๐˜•/๐˜๐˜›๐˜๐˜•, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ).

Plan to call later in the week. Wait times are typically shorter Wednesday through Friday now that filing season is over.

Your best option, though, is to ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ for you.

We have access to practitioner-only IRS support lines and can often get answers and responses much faster.

๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ?Not necessarily. If your business qualifies for late-...
10/09/2026

๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ?

Not necessarily. If your business qualifies for late-election relief, the IRS may recognize your S corp election from the date you originally intended. Generally, you must request relief within three years and 75 days of that date.

I can compare your filings with what the IRS has on record, determine whether late-election relief applies, and handle the request and any return corrections needed.

If you missed the deadline or your S corp return was rejected, send me a message. Letโ€™s find out what happened and get the right filings in place.

10/08/2026

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€?

Yes, we can review a return youโ€™ve already filed, even if someone else prepared it, to check for deductions or credits you may have missed.

If we find something, we can amend your return to claim what was missed.

It wonโ€™t apply in every situation. But if something looks off on one of your past returns, schedule an appointment and we can review it with you.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜?If you started...
10/07/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜?

If you started running owner W-2 payroll and filing S Corp tax returns before getting official IRS approval, a denial gets you into a compliance mess.

Because the IRS rejected your late election, they put your business back to its original tax classification:
โ€ข Single-member LLCs revert to sole proprietorships (where owner W-2 paychecks aren't allowed).
โ€ข Incorporated entities revert to traditional C corporations.

Now, your accounting, payroll, and personal taxes are completely out of sync with what the IRS has on file.

To fix it, you have to compare the cost of fighting the rejection versus unwinding the mess.

๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ? Send it to us with your prior returns. Weโ€™ll calculate whether it makes more financial sense to fight for your S corp status or clean up the fallback classification.

If a tax company makes this promise about clearing up your IRS debt, run the other way...
10/06/2026

If a tax company makes this promise about clearing up your IRS debt, run the other way...

If you owe back taxes, there are ways to get real help. But dishonest companies will promise to get rid of your debt for โ€œpennies on the dollar,โ€ before even looking into your tax situation. Theyโ€™ll often charge service fees without actually doing anything for you, and leave you further in the...

10/05/2026

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Getting retroactive S corp status fixes your business tax classification, but it doesn't erase back penalties.

To the IRS, these are two completely separate files:
โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น fixes ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ you are for tax purposes (granting you retroactive S corp status from the date you intended).
โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ are triggered by ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (filing tax returns late, missing payroll tax deposits, or paying late).

Approving one does not automatically cancel the other.

The good news is, you can still request separate penalty abatement to get those IRS fines taken care of.

Comment ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ to see if you qualify for penalty relief.

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